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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Jctoronto on March 14, 2019, 07:47:27 PM
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With the blistering santa anita heat and their 22nd death this year this morning..KY and NY congressmen re introduce their HIA bill today..will try to put a real dent all horseracing as we know it..sounds like theyre looking to put all u.s. commissions under one body.
...who knows where lasix and all other drugs and measures will fit....and which entities might not survive.
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Horseracing and Integrity don.t belong in the same sentence.....only now after all they've known for all these years do they react..........jo ke
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http://ustrottingnews.com/usta-president-russell-williams-response-to-horsemens-letter-on-care-of-horses-and-integrity-of-wagering/
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Lip service...what else he gonna say? He, after all, IS president of largest breeding operation in America as well.
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Total BS,,,,,just another con man
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Total BS,,,,,just another con man
YOU DONT WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS GUY
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YOU DONT WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS GUY
No, tell us Ed
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No, tell us Ed
I thought you know stuff.
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A typical bullshit answer. If the USTA truly cared they would assume more power than a liceanse agency and banned trainers with violations along time ago. But no they allow owners like Taylor to employ trainers that have violations so he gets a cheaper trainer bill plan and simple truth hurts
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AND JUST HOW WOULD THEY ASSUME POWER?
PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN
DECLARE THEMSELVES BOSS
DONT BE SO FUCKING STOOPIT. EACH STATE RUNS ITS OWN RACING, NOT THE USTA
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A typical bullshit answer. If the USTA truly cared they would assume more power than a liceanse agency and banned trainers with violations along time ago. But no they allow owners like Taylor to employ trainers that have violations so he gets a cheaper trainer bill plan and simple truth hurts
The USTA is a record-keeping place. Every state has its own commission because it's involves betting. The USTA could basically be a computer in some kids basement.
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unless the states were to give up controll of everything the usta is just a record keeping agency. if the usta could change that and be a ruling body and do it correctly racing could thrive again. all the pro sports have kept getting bigger because they have a central body to govern and lay the law down when needed.
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Whenever I see Myron Bells name on a document I almost puke. My sister in law knew him when he was with his ex wife. She gets sick and Myron blots and eaves her high and dry, Thats a coward. Who is that big bimbo you see him with in Lexington.
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Don’t most states require a USTA license ? Why don’t they start refusing licenses to those with serious violations ? Oh, sorry. I forgot the $75 membership fee. Selling out for $75....
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Now they (the USTA) want to reinstate the hotline so everyone can tell on each other. Hasn't happened ever. BTW, does anyone think that the ARCI which governs the medication testing rules is doing a good job? Let's catch everyone using robaxin and other class 4 drugs that are nothing more than an aspirin. What a joke.
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unless the states were to give up controll of everything the usta is just a record keeping agency. if the usta could change that and be a ruling body and do it correctly racing could thrive again. all the pro sports have kept getting bigger because they have a central body to govern and lay the law down when needed.
I agree
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Parked the USTA does refuse licenses but as soon as any race commission give someone a license the USTA has to allow them to get a membership
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Parked the USTA does refuse licenses but as soon as any race commission give someone a license the USTA has to allow them to get a membership
Thanks, didn’t know that..
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Parked the USTA does refuse licenses but as soon as any race commission give someone a license the USTA has to allow them to get a membership
That isn’t true the USTA doesn’t have to give membership if a State Comission issues a liceanse. A USTA membership isn’t needed to race
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That isn’t true the USTA doesn’t have to give membership if a State Comission issues a liceanse. A USTA membership isn’t needed to race
tmbz1
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AND JUST HOW WOULD THEY ASSUME POWER?
PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN
DECLARE THEMSELVES BOSS
DONT BE SO FUCKING STOOPIT. EACH STATE RUNS ITS OWN RACING, NOT THE USTA
spot on THANK YOU tmbz1
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USTA. IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN AGENCY LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. A RECORD KEEPING AGENCY,WITH MANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY. THE DMV.DOES NOT REISSUE A LICENSE AFTER THREE OR FOUR DWI.CONVICTIONS. MANY OF THE USTA. REPRESENTATIVES KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS, AND SOME FINANCIALLY PROSPERING FROM THE ACTIVITIES
WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS BUT FEAR THE RETRIBUTION FROM THE COMMISSIONS ,USTA,AND THE MANAGEMENT OF VARIOUS TRACKS . MANY ACT ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS TO THE MESSENGERS
EVERY RACING JURISDICTION NEEDS A STRONG OMBUDSMAN WITH A STRONG LEGAL PRESENCE TO REPRESENT THE HONEST HARD WORKING HORSEMEN.
HORSEMEN ARE THE MOST OPPRESSED PEOPLE.
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EVERY RACING JURISDICTION NEEDS A STRONG OMBUDSMAN WITH A STRONG LEGAL PRESENCE TO
REPRESENT THE HONEST HARD WORKING HORSEMEN.
HORSEMEN ARE THE MOST OPPRESSED PEOPLE.
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IT'S NOT RIGHT LIVING IN A TACKROOM ALL YOUR LIFE AND NOT HAVING A VOICE. HOPE THEY GET YOU AT LEAST A MASK BEFORE CLOSING. tmbz1
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I HAVE A MASK.IT IS MY BELIEF THAT MANY OF THE REGULATORS HAVE TWO AND ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. MOST HORSEMEN REALIZE THIS. THE REGULATORS AND COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN PLAYING "LET'S MAKE A DEAL" FOR FAR TOO LONG. GAME SHOW IS CANCELED.
I DON'T CARE IF ONE LIVES IN A TACK ROOM OR A CASTLE THE SAME REGULATIONS APPLY TO ALL .
THE GLAUCINE POSITIVES AND THE COBALT POSITIVES ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE, THE FINANCIALLY INCARCERATED WERE PROSECUTED ,THE OTHERS WERE NOT.
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I HAVE A MASK.IT IS MY BELIEF THAT MANY OF THE REGULATORS HAVE TWO AND ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. MOST HORSEMEN REALIZE THIS. THE REGULATORS AND COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN PLAYING "LET'S MAKE A DEAL" FOR FAR TOO LONG. GAME SHOW IS CANCELED.
I DON'T CARE IF ONE LIVES IN A TACK ROOM OR A CASTLE THE SAME REGULATIONS APPLY TO ALL .
THE GLAUCINE POSITIVES AND THE COBALT POSITIVES ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE, THE FINANCIALLY INCARCERATED WERE PROSECUTED ,THE OTHERS WERE NOT.
That’s how it always is what’s new
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Compliments of Russell Williams - We all abhor the allegations in the indictments and criminal complaints, and we roundly condemn all conduct of the kind. At the USTA, however, there is an obligation to forego the luxury of performative outrage and, instead, to concentrate on what concrete steps our mandate requires us to take. Our record in dealing as an association with cheating and horse abuse is excellent.
You are correct Russell, excellent in looking the other 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp
We now have the 3rd stooge, DJT (its all a hoax) Gooooooffffrrraaa llllll ( I let the cheaters cheat my customers so I could catch them)
and now we have Russell Williams (Our record in dealing as an association with cheating and horse abuse is excellent)
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USTA President Russell Willliams: The Way Forward: Some Initial Steps
March 30, 2020, by Russell Williams, USTA President
Hanover, PA — Pick your catastrophe. We face a world health crisis worse than any we’ve seen for over a century. Meanwhile, the Governor of Pennsylvania is engaging in some state budget buccaneering that would, if the General Assembly permits it, destroy a two-century-old, native horse racing industry that brings $1.6 billion in economic impact and 20,000 jobs to the state. If this succeeds, what will happen in other states? And, finally, a long list of Thoroughbred and Standardbred industry participants face a reckoning that, looking at their conduct as alleged, you would think they never expected. This last situation is in the forefront of the minds of our Board of Directors as we work through our “annual meeting from home” this week and next.
We all abhor the allegations in the indictments and criminal complaints, and we roundly condemn all conduct of the kind. At the USTA, however, there is an obligation to forego the luxury of performative outrage and, instead, to concentrate on what concrete steps our mandate requires us to take. Our record in dealing as an association with cheating and horse abuse is excellent. Now I write to call for concrete action that will move us forward in the right direction. In this editorial, I offer some recommendations. Others will join in, I hope, offering additions and corrections. At last, I hope, everyone of good will in harness racing will contribute time and money to the work that must be done. We can resolve to embrace change and to bear its cost, because we know that only then can our racing sport thrive in the modern era.
The Narrative
We love horses. This is our narrative, its beginning and its end, and it consists of countless stories of courage, hope, and love for horses that totally contradict the acts of a criminal few.
Perhaps our very survival as a sport requires us now to make sure that the world learns about our true selves. When a horse puts its nose ahead of another horse’s nose, evolution is at work. Taking the lead is part of a horse’s social nature, so (unlike dog racing, for example) horse racing is entirely natural, and horses thrive on it. Horsepersons can tell inspiring stories of horses that found a way to win against unplanned-for adversity, just as we must overcome adversity now. Caring well for horses, and we do care well for them, involves trying to understand these beautiful creatures that cannot communicate with us in human terms. But those of us who employ their intelligence to understand and communicate in something like horse terms become better people for it. There are wonderful stories of lives that have been transformed, not merely economically, but in a deeper way, by the bond with the horse, an animal that evolved along an entirely different strand of the net of creation from humans. Horses can teach us things about courage and beauty, even love, that we would otherwise never learn.
Some people do not know that our award-winning writers and photographers have been telling the story of harness racing in Hoof Beats since before the USTA was founded. But today the USTA has more powerful resources for telling the story of harness racing than it has ever had: our website is the most visited in harness racing and is closely watched by other breeds, and our social media presence is a serious force on the internet. Our Communications Department is unrivaled among breed associations, and our ability to put these resources to use is limited only by the cooperation of our membership. Finally, the USTA Board of Directors is meeting as I write, by means of a series of teleconferences, and advanced communications is under discussion. As the USTA and the membership find new and more effective ways to tell the true story of harness racing, we can correct the cultural narrative and propel our sport into its rightful place in the future.
“The Feds”
In the United States, the federal level provides the services that a central government should provide, while the states retain authority over every other matter. Federal prosecutions are usually the best way to address criminal activity occurring in multiple states. Although the conduct alleged took place in several states, the indictments and criminal complaints under discussion issue from the Southern District of New York, one of the most sophisticated offices within the United States Justice Department.
We must not fall prey to the ignorant notion that there is any magical connection between the Justice Department and the Horseracing Integrity Act which, if it ever were to see passage, would be governed by the Commerce Department. As Ed Martin, president of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (representing state authority), has pointed out: nobody needed a Horseracing Integrity bill to make these prosecutions happen. The laws that make the allegations in the indictments illegal, and the federal, state, and private agencies that built these cases already exist, and we should build on the existing system to prevent cheating and horse abuse, and to incentivize best practices in our sport.
The serious problems that the Horseracing Integrity Act poses for harness racing have been explained elsewhere. Yes, we have problems of our own to solve, but instead of throwing this poorly-considered federal Hail Mary, instead of ignoring the states’ established knowledge and experience in regulating horse racing, and instead of relying on some unspecifiable federal magic to solve our problems, our effort must be to support and extend the growing cooperation among state racing commissions. The state racing commissions themselves called for this over a year ago, by proposing a dedicated unit among key federal and state agencies to investigate racing matters and, where appropriate, to refer them for prosecution. This call was ignored by those proposing so-called racing integrity bills at the federal level, but individual state racing commissions are continuing nevertheless to strengthen their ties with state and federal enforcement agencies.
An even more significant development is taking place. “Interstate compacts” provide a contractual structure that enhances cooperation among states regarding regulations and enforcement. This is not a new concept: for years an interstate licensing compact has existed, simplifying licensing for owners, trainers, drivers, jockeys, and other licensees across the country. In a similar but more important way, an interstate medication compact would bring about consistent medication regulation nationwide. (We don’t use the word “uniform,” because Standardbred and Thoroughbred medication rules can’t be uniform. They must differ in a few areas because the two breeds have different performance models.) Interstate medication compacts are working their way through several state legislatures, and we may be approaching passage of a multi-breed medication compact in one of the leading racing states. If this happens, I believe that the other racing states will quickly follow suit.
Reading legislative bills (and enacted statutes) can be extremely tedious for most people. But someone has to do it. And if you read the Horseracing Integrity draft bill, you will discover something very surprising: recognition in the bill’s own language of the primacy and importance of interstate compacts and, by implication, state authority. It’s almost as if the federalization special interests felt compelled to acknowledge that the states have already done all the work and already have all the know-how regarding medication regulation. Section 4(e) of the draft bill says that the whole federal house of cards collapses if, “after the expiration of five years following [the effective date of the Act],” an interstate compact is established. Amazingly, the draft then goes on, in subsection 4(e)(2), to recite important steps that we should take to develop an interstate medication compact.
Let us not wait five years enduring some sort of expensive and pointless federal intermission before we do what should have been done in the first place: to fully establish the breed-specific medication compact that is presently evolving in the states.
The Ethical Climate
We can achieve a radically new regulatory process that will render extinct the criminal activity of a few horsepersons and veterinarians, and we can do it without having to purchase any expensive federal snake oil. The type of criminal activity under discussion was, in the past, often veiled by certain legal concepts and, to some extent, aided by a certain “don’t ask don’t tell” attitude within the industry. We now have the opportunity, maybe our last, to change this permanently.
First, the days of turning a blind eye to suspicious activity are over. They never should have existed. I offer, as a good counterexample to horsepersons who failed, in the past, to report suspicious activity, the American bar. If a lawyer becomes aware of an ethical infraction and fails to report it, he or she becomes guilty in turn of another serious ethical infraction. In other words, the legal community has a self-policing system that can be expected to work much better than the “don’t ask don’t tell’ system that we have tolerated in racing. In grade school, if you told on someone, you were a “rat.” Unfortunately, this way of thinking persisted into adulthood among some horsepersons. It was never valid. We must police ourselves, because our obligation is not to be a “stand-up guy.” Our obligation is to ensure the health and welfare of our horses, and to preserve the integrity of our industry.
Second, we must recalibrate our internal affairs. No longer can we be excused for leaving investigation and enforcement up to our chronically underfunded racing commissions. But rather than pouring more of our money into the state commissions, we should develop private investigative capabilities that support the regulators’ powers and we should demand the commissions’ formalized cooperation with the investigations that must be carried out.
Much of the investigative work that went into the current prosecutions was carried out not by the FBI, but rather by a private firm called “5 Stones intelligence” or “5Si.” We have contracted with investigative firms in past years, but never did we make the sort of commitment that was made to 5Si. Maybe this should be the model going forward: use the power of private investigations wherever necessary to support the work of the racing commissions. Indeed, as Ed Martin pointed out, the current prosecution demonstrates the way to protect racing. No federal Hail Mary is necessary.
Third, all licensees in racing should be required to consent to investigation by any racing authority, in any public or private place, at any time, and also to consent to all appropriate, effective corrective action pending a hearing. If you want to participate in our industry, this comes with the territory. I’m aware of a case in which a trainer was caught doing something blatantly wrong to a horse, behaved extremely guiltily when caught, and then influenced a veterinarian to lie about the matter. The USTA suspended this individual and never looked back, but the state racing commission did nothing about it, because it thought that its hands were tied. Let us untie the hands of the racing commissions and other racing authorities, including the USTA, which has always been a powerful investigative force in harness racing.
Where are the large sums of money going to come from that will be needed for all of this? This is something that we will have to figure out, and now the discussion has begun. But I can tell you this: the funding we come up with to make effective the work of the state regulators is sure to be less than what the Horseracing Integrity Act would cost us.
According to the testimony of a Thoroughbred witness before the Congressional subcommittee that is presently considering the Horseracing Integrity Act, the cost to the Standardbred industry would be about $13.8 million. Even if we had to put that much into the existing system to make it work effectively, at least we would know where the money was going.
Conclusion and Invitation
Times of peril are also times of opportunity. We’re aware, we’re outraged, we’re worried. But we’re also energized as perhaps never before. Now is our chance to do things that probably could not have been done before. The USTA will act. I invite industry stakeholders to join the USTA in developing a comprehensive template that will protect real integrity, support the health and welfare of our horses, and permit the beautiful narrative of horse racing to continue uninterrupted.
***Williams says a lot to hide how he really feels. The highlights in red say a hell of a lot more than his lip service.
Someone should ask Williams to name one major investigation into criminal activity by horsemen that wasn't forced on the industry by outside government agencies?
***Side note: Just finished binge watching all 7 episodes of Tiger King on Netflix. It's a drug infested hillbilly smorgasbord. Highly recommended! tmbz1
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http://www.harnesslink.com/News/USTA-response-to-horsemen-s-letter
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There is too much to say or write in response to this "letter." Far too much.
To condense the whole thing:
It took you and the industry HOW LONG to figure this out and get something done?
In the last 10-15 years, how many millions/billions of dollars have people been cheated out of?
How many horses went to the scrap heap (not a cemetery)?
Anyone who followed the game knew who the cheaters were but YOU, the governing bodies and regulatory agencies did NOT? Impossible.
You let the sport get to where it is today, now live with it..
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There is too much to say or write in response to this "letter." Far too much.
To condense the whole thing:
It took you and the industry HOW LONG to figure this out and get something done?
In the last 10-15 years, how many millions/billions of dollars have people been cheated out of?
How many horses went to the scrap heap (not a cemetery)?
Anyone who followed the game knew who the cheaters were but YOU, the governing bodies and regulatory agencies did NOT? Impossible.
You let the sport get to where it is today, now live with it..
This should be forwarded to Russell Williams at the USTA, but he doesn’t have an email address on the website.
Take a look:
http://www.ustrotting.com/contact.cfm
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This should be forwarded to Russell Williams at the USTA, but he doesn’t have an email address on the website.
Take a look:
http://www.ustrotting.com/contact.cfm
Try Hanovers website maybe.
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His email along with all the director's emails are listed under
directors. Far left under USTA.
Got it. Thanks
http://www.ustrotting.com/directors.cfm
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Want to hear from the Useless Twatting Association concerning the Whorse Racing Integrity Act. I wonder if the the Useless Twatting Association representatives told Congress that they ONLY write rules concerning FAIR RACING but want to self promote themselves as a MAJOR PLAYER in the harness industry. Much like DJT, Gooooffffrrraaall lllll and the Useless Twatting Association need we wonder why NOTHING gets accomplished for the betterment of Harness Racing. DJT, Gooooffffrrraaall lllll and the Useless Twatting Association (Russell Williams) only have 1 thing in mind, want can I do for ME 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp
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you need to materiel
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New material you say. This is the same presentation that the USELESS TWATTING "ASS"OCIATION, Fill Langley, Fred Noe, Jefffiieee Gooofffrrrraaalll l, Jason Settlehisnuts, Russell Williams, the NJRC and many many others have promised. At least 30 years of the same bullshit giving new fans (are there any) the appearance things are moving in the right direction. Far from it 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp 11.wp
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USTA Opposes Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (HISA)
September 9, 2020, from the USTA Communications Department
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Columbus, OH – The newly introduced Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020 (HISA) is, like its predecessors, a Thoroughbred bill written by elite Thoroughbred interests in an attempt to address elite Thoroughbred problems. Indeed, Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s bill did not include Standardbreds or other breeds, and the press release that announced the bill repeatedly cited only Thoroughbred racing and its interests. So glad the writer is not biased.... it's not thoroughbred interests, it's ELITE thoroughbred interests.
The bill has since been bastardized by an array of outside interests, and harness racing again has been pulled into the mix. if harness racing wasn't included the story would probably be that the ELitE Runner industry excluded us A review of the revised language reveals that the bill now is a virtual clone of H.R. 1754 (Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019), and will harm, not help, Standardbred horses and the harness racing industry. Harm ? yeah cuz the industry has done so much to help the sport the last decades,,,, but I'm sure leaders were ready to figure it out. ngc3
While the United States Trotting Association (USTA) strongly supports state-regulated, breed-specific, uniform medication rules for horse racing, the USTA strongly opposes another funny one -- USTA the record keeping business that has done so much for the integrity and growth of the sport for the last 30+ years. the HISA for a number of reasons and sees several areas of significant concern to the Standardbred racing industry.
Lasix (Furosemide)
The legislation seeks to ban the race-day use of Lasix, a universally-accepted therapeutic medication. Universally accepted ? so you are saying that horse racing around the world agrees and every country races horses on lasix ? Veterinarians endorse Lasix as the only known treatment for Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH), a condition that causes varying amounts of bleeding in the lungs of racehorses as well as horses in the wild. Both the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the North American Association of Racetrack Veterinarians support the use of Lasix and oppose this legislation.
Proponents of the ban on the use of Lasix have purposely disseminated misleading information on the percentage of horses that suffer EIPH when they say that only five percent of horses “bleed” during racing. That statistic is the percentage of horses that suffer epistaxis, the most severe form of EIPH involving patent hemorrhaging from the nose. In fact, about 90 percent of horses bleed into their lungs during racing, how are there enough horses around the world that race in other countries that ban lasix ? with each bout of EIPH causing irreparable damage to lung tissue.
Lasix is not performance enhancing not ? well if a horse that needed lasix didn't race on lasix they probably are NOT going to be as fast without lasix - so with lasix they are faster, performance enhancing and, due to the very sensitive capabilities of testing, it cannot be used to mask illegal medications.
Unspecified Funding Mechanism with Extremely Inequitable Costs to Harness Racing
Various proponents of this legislation have indicated that a newly created, private Horse Racing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority would be funded by a surcharge to the owners and trainers of every horse in every race.
Standardbreds are a different breed with a significantly different racing performance model than Thoroughbreds. Since the average Standardbred races 19 times per year while the average Thoroughbred only six, that fee structure would result in three times the cost to Standardbreds compared to Thoroughbreds. so standardbreds have 19 opportunities to earn money as opposed to runners only having 6 opportunities. If I went to McDonalds 19 times per year and my neighbor went 6 times per year -- should my neighbor pay an adjustment to me for me using it more ?
This newly created regulatory body will have to impose additional fees and costs on the industry with no oversight mechanism in place. Harness racing horsemen will be hit particularly hard because most of them are working-class people. It will drive many of them out of the business. The writer of this story is completely delusional to think that there is not a huge percentage of thoroughbred owners, trainers, jockeys and grooms who are just making it in the industry..... Basically with the authors use of the word ELITE --- he is writing this as the Kentucky Derby people vs the harness industry. Some Thoroughbred tracks racing Saturday -- Albuquerqe, Camarero, Charles Town, Delaware Park, Golden Gate, Lethbridge, Lone Star, Laurel, Los Al, Lousiana, Prairie, Remington, Sweet Water, Will Rogers --- you know those ELITE runners that do not have "working-class people."
Testing and Oversight
The bill mandates a drug-testing authority that has no background in animal testing. A test is a test, you tell the machine what to test. Do you think that your local track vet is sending your blood sample to an equine only testing site ? No, they're sending it to your local Labcorp or whatever local company in town. The testing authority will be done by a private business – USADA – which tests certain human athletes. Oh No -- USADA ? The company that tests the blood of Olympic athletes --- what the heck do they know ? [/color]
Nowhere in the bill is there mandated ANY consultation requirement with the National Veterinary Service Labs for drug testing or the USDA Veterinary Services.
The bill snatches legitimate authority away from the states, this is a bad thing ? or do we like that states have different levels to trigger a positive or different penalties forcing them to cooperate, ngc3 and illegally delegates Congressional authority to a private company that is accountable to no elected official.
The USTA promotes and insists upon the humane and ethical treatment of its horses. yet you condone racing horses that neeare structually unable to race without lasix - to do so.. Let's dehydrate him so we can him on the track... Despite its inaccurate title indicating that it will make horses safer, this bill does the opposite. Whether it is right for Thoroughbred racing – its intended target – is not our concern. It most certainly is wrong for harness racing, will harm our industry, ngc3 apparently the writer doesn't know that he is sailing on the Titanic, dude, you're sinking already. and put our horses and participants at risk.
Great hack job from the USTA --- we don't do anything --- we haven't done anything --- we won't do anything --- but we have it all under control.. tmbz1 tmbz1 tmbz1 tmbz1 tmbz1 tmbz1
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Letter from Meadowlands’ Owner Jeff Gural to USTA Directors
I am reaching out to all of you since I really do not want to get into a public feud with the USTA and I thought I would attach a letter that I sent to Russell on the subject of the HRIA legislation. The reality is this legislation is going to pass. McConnell spent a month reviewing the legislation to make sure it was constitutional and intentionally left the standardbreds out because the thoroughbreds asked him to in order to avoid USTA opposition.
It has been brought to my attention that the USTA had budgeted $425,000 to oppose the legislation even though the organization is operating at a deficit and they had to lay some people off. The bottom line is that the legislation is going to pass and my guess is the states that have thoroughbred racing will not want to have the Feds regulate the thoroughbreds and the states regulate the standardbreds so they will opt in and we will have no input.
I really hope that we can avoid a public fight and that the USTA can identify those areas of the legislation that we need changed and we can focus on those changes. As I mentioned, there are going to be more arrests and the vast majority will likely be standardbred trainers and the optics of us not opting in are going to be awful. Hopefully we can find a solution as I am committed to ridding the industry to the illegal drugs.
Jeffrey Gural
Chairman
GFP Real Estate, LLC
My answer to Jeff Gooooffffrrrrraaa aallllllllll - Why would you want the USELESS TWATTING Association (that has JURISDICTION over FAIR RACING ONLY) to even get remotely involved in pari-mutuel harness racing. You have told harness racing for years that "I" am the savoir, you LUVVVVVVVVVV harness racing and all the other bs for years now.
Russell Williams answer - STICK IT 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2
http://ustrottingnews.com/usta-president-russell-williams-responds-to-jeff-gural-on-his-letter-to-usta-directors-re-federal-legislation/
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Letter from Meadowlands’ Owner Jeff Gural to USTA Directors
I am reaching out to all of you since I really do not want to get into a public feud with the USTA and I thought I would attach a letter that I sent to Russell on the subject of the HRIA legislation. The reality is this legislation is going to pass. McConnell spent a month reviewing the legislation to make sure it was constitutional and intentionally left the standardbreds out because the thoroughbreds asked him to in order to avoid USTA opposition.
It has been brought to my attention that the USTA had budgeted $425,000 to oppose the legislation even though the organization is operating at a deficit and they had to lay some people off. The bottom line is that the legislation is going to pass and my guess is the states that have thoroughbred racing will not want to have the Feds regulate the thoroughbreds and the states regulate the standardbreds so they will opt in and we will have no input.
I really hope that we can avoid a public fight and that the USTA can identify those areas of the legislation that we need changed and we can focus on those changes. As I mentioned, there are going to be more arrests and the vast majority will likely be standardbred trainers and the optics of us not opting in are going to be awful. Hopefully we can find a solution as I am committed to ridding the industry to the illegal drugs.
Jeffrey Gural
Chairman
GFP Real Estate, LLC
My answer to Jeff Gooooffffrrrrraaa aallllllllll - Why would you want the USELESS TWATTING Association (that has JURISDICTION over FAIR RACING ONLY) to even get remotely involved in pari-mutuel harness racing. You have told harness racing for years that "I" am the savoir, you LUVVVVVVVVVV harness racing and all the other bs for years now.
Russell Williams answer - STICK IT 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2 73cv.2
http://ustrottingnews.com/usta-president-russell-williams-responds-to-jeff-gural-on-his-letter-to-usta-directors-re-federal-legislation/
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Optics are not good. Taking government subsidies for purses but not having government influence.
AMAZING HOW STUPID PEOPLE IN THIS INDUSTRY ARE.
WE ARE NOT TAKING GOVT SUBSIDIES, THEY WANTED TO BUILD ON OUR PROPERTIES AND WE ARE CHARGING THE STATE RENT. IT IS OUR MONEY, NOT THE STATES.
LEARN BEFOR YOU ALL SPEAK, OR JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP
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If you don’t want govt influence,,,,,then race accordingly to the track handle
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AMAZING HOW STUPID PEOPLE IN THIS INDUSTRY ARE.
WE ARE NOT TAKING GOVT SUBSIDIES, THEY WANTED TO BUILD ON OUR PROPERTIES AND WE ARE CHARGING THE STATE RENT. IT IS OUR MONEY, NOT THE STATES.
LEARN BEFOR YOU ALL SPEAK, OR JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP
It took 10 years someone made a post 10x more stupid as Lucpark.
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Last I checked NJ and ONT race with government funds and if the racinos had it there way they would decouple from horse racing in a blink of an eye. They would even make a deal with the government to take that 10-12% funding that racing gets and tell the government here it's yours...do what you want. The racetrack sure could then charge for rent but it will be pennies on the dollar to what they were getting with slot revenue.
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defund racing